Unicorn with Mane (Monoceros seu Unicornu Jubatus), from A description of the nature of four-footed beasts (1678), added on 5th Nov 2009
on Nov 5, 2009This picture of a unicorn with a mane was engraved on brass and included in the 1678 edition of this book. It is taken from Tab. XI. Monoceros seu Unicornu Iubatus Einhorn mit mahnen. Which is, Unicorn with mane. The maned unicorn is of course today...

289.---Coffin and Grave Clothes., from Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845), added on 4th Nov 2009
on Nov 4, 2009An Anglo-saxon drawing of the raising of Lazarus from the dead (an early account of a zombie in the Bible?), showing the Saxon funeral clothes and coffin. One of the two figures on the left is Jesus.(read more...)...

A Railway Cutting, from Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878), added on 30th Oct 2009
on Oct 30, 2009The engraving shows maybe 20 or more men working on making a railway cutting. In the background men are digging away at the ground; at centre, they lod the dirt onto a railway truck (US: a railroad waggon); a horse waits nearby to drag the full cart...

The Condition of the Turkey, from Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878), added on 29th Oct 2009
on Oct 29, 2009Perhaps Thanksgiving or Christmas is approaching, because the farm-boy is looking at the turkeys with interest and anticipation.(read more...)...

Initial letter ``t'' as flower in a pot, from Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878), added on 29th Oct 2009
on Oct 29, 2009An artistic and unusual decorative initial “t” from 1878: the letter T is on a flowering plant growing out of a square flower-pot decorated with a Chinese theme.(read more...)...

In a Gloomy Wood, from Inferno: The Vision of Hell; with Critical and Explanatory Notes, Life of Dante, and Chronology (1870), added on 28th Oct 2009
on Oct 27, 2009In the midway of this our mortal life, I found me in a gloomy wood, astray Gone from the path direct: and e’en to tell It were no easy task, how savage wild That forest, how robust and rough its growth, Which to remember only, my dismay Renews...

Zodiac wheel with woman (detail), from La Vita Nuova (The New Life) (1910), added on 26th Oct 2009
on Oct 26, 2009The central part of the illustration of the Zodiac wheel with the Evangelist symbols.> I have also made separate images for Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.(read more...)...

Zodiac with evangelists from p. 120, from La Vita Nuova (The New Life) (1910), added on 26th Oct 2009
on Oct 26, 2009This lady [Beatrice] was accompanied by the number nine to the end that men might clearly perceive her to be a nine, that is, a miracle, whose only root is the Holy Trinity.” (p. 119)(read more...)...

Symbol of St. Mark the Evangelist, from La Vita Nuova (The New Life) (1910), added on 24th Oct 2009
on Oct 24, 2009Saint Mark is traditionally depicted (shown) as a lion, sometimes with angel wings. In the background is a scroll, representing the Gospel he wrote.(read more...)...

Symbol of St. Matthew the Evangelist, from La Vita Nuova (The New Life) (1910), added on 24th Oct 2009
on Oct 24, 2009Saint Matthew is traditionally depicted (shown) as a human or an angel. He holds a scroll, representing the Gospel he wrote.(read more...)...